Consultant in Neonatal Medicine and Neonatal Transport Medicine

Job Description

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Neonatal Medicine and Neonatal Transport Medicine at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.We seek to appoint a dynamic clinician to join a team of Consultant Neonatologists working in the level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and with the Acute Neonatal Transport Team.The appointee will provide clinical leadership, specialist advice and multi-disciplinary management for the Neonatal Unit and for the Neonatal Transport team across the region.It is an exciting time to join the team as Funding of £128m for a new children’s hospital in Cambridge to open in 2023 has been agreed and work is in full flow regarding the delivery of this project.The Neonatal Unit in Cambridge is one of three tertiary level units in the East of England Neonatal Operational Delivery Network. We have close links with the rest of the network including two other Tertiary Units. The Unit has a capacity of 52 cots and currently operates at 40 cots (28 ITU/HDU and 12 SCBU) with just under 6,000 inborn deliveries. As well as comprehensive Neonatal Intensive Care, the Unit provides a Service for the high risk Maternal and Fetal Medicine teams, specialist Neonatal Surgery and Neurosurgery. We have close links with the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and the University Department of Paediatrics.The Acute Neonatal Transfer Service (ANTS) for the East of England is one of the busiest neonatal transfer teams in the UK providing emergency and elective transfers 24/7, 365 days a year. From April 2021 there will be an additional interim Paediatric Retrieval resource covering Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire as well as providing the opportunity to better integrate neonatal and paediatric critical care retrieval whilst a longer-term solution is finalised for the region. The combined service will be called the Paediatric and Neonatal Decision Support and Retrieval Service (PaNDR).As part of our commitment to supporting the medical workforce in the part they play in delivering an excellent caring service to patients, all newly appointed Consultants attend our five-day Consultant Development programme within a year of joining the Trust. Leadership is a key requirement of doctors’ professional work and this innovative programme is designed to support Consultants to hone the leadership and management skills they need to succeed at CUH.Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust includes Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie Hospitals. We are one of the largest and busiest hospitals in the country with an outstanding reputation that is down to the exceptional people that work here.Our philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do. Every person that works for the Trust, regardless of their role, comes into contact with our patients and visitors and is expected to uphold our values ofTogether - Safe, Kind, Excellentat all times.We look for people who are willing to go the extra mile, not because they are asked to, but because they are committed to being part of a healthcare team that delivers an excellent caring service to our patients.Applicants should be on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT (or equivalent) at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those wishing to work less than full time for personal reasons and from those wishing to job-share.The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013).Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.From 6 April 2017, Tier 2 skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. For further details / informal visits contact: Informal enquiries about this post should be addressed to Dr Angela D’Amore, Clinical Director for Paediatric Critical Care via email atangela.damore@addenbrookes.nhs.ukor Dr Rajiv Chaudhary, Consultant Neonatologist & Specialty Lead for NICU via email atrajiv.chaudhary@addenbrookes.nhs.ukor Dr Sajeev Job, Consultant Neonatologist & Specialty Lead for Neonatal Transport Medicine via email atsajeev.job@addenbrookes.nhs.uk